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Seeds of Moghania macrophylla are important for growing of the host plants for lac and the pods of it have been found damaged by the fly, Melanagromyza obtusa from November to January. The percentage of infestation of the pods by this fly, varies from 4% to 74%. The average percentage of adult emergence is 87%, the sex‐ratio is 1.26:1, and loss in weight in 100 g of seeds is 63.5%. Zusammenfassung BEFALL, GESCHLECHTERVERHÄLTNIS UND SCHADEN VON MELANAGROMYZA OBTUSA (DIPTERA: AGROMYZIDAE) AN SAMEN VON MOGHANIA MACROPHYLLA IM FREILAND Moghania macrophylla ist eine der bestgeëignetsten Wirtspflanzen für Lackinsekten und deshalb die Samenerzeugung dieser Pflanze wichtig. Während der Monate November bis Januar wurden 4–70% der Hülsen schwer von der Fliege Melanagromyza obtusa befallen befunden. Der durchschnittliche Schlupfprozentsatz der Fliegen betrug 87%, das Geschlechterverhältnis (♂♂: ♀♀) 1, 26: 1 und der Gewichtsverlust für 100 g der befallenen Samen 63, 5%.

Two new species of the genus Hoplopleura are described from two closely related species of the genus Mus. H. ramgarh sp.nov. was found parasitizing Mus platythrix Bennett, 1932, in the Western Himalayan region in North India and in the Western Ghats in Peninsular India. H. sinhgarh sp.nov. was found parasitizing a species of the genus Mus, closely related to M. platythrix, and occurring sympatrically with it. The exact taxonomical status of this rodent species is still under investigation. The occurrence of two distinct species of lice on closely related sympatric populations of these mice has given an indication of their being two distinct taxa, a fact later supplemented by some consistent but not easily delineable skin and skull characters.

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